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Want to watch something really scary? Want to see something on television that's practically guaranteed to keep you and your spouse awake, lying rigidly next to each other in bed and attentive to clues about whether anything wicked is lurking outside your peripheral vision? Just start watching Showtime's series "The Affair" on Sunday nights. It's enough to scare the pants right back onto you. Even when you're happily married, watching "The Affair" with your spouse sitting beside you is like watching an R-rated movie with your parents when you're a teenager. It's not something you feel good about even if it can be used as a starting...

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Want to watch something really scary? Want to see something on television that's practically guaranteed to keep you and your spouse awake, lying rigidly next to each other in bed and attentive to clues about whether anything wicked is lurking outside your...

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Showtime’s drama “The Affair” capped its first season with a breakthrough win as TV drama series at Sunday’s Golden Globes. “The Affair” stars British actors Dominic West and Ruth Wilson as a couple engaged in an extramarital affair. The story unfolds...

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